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Rob Astorino on Drugs
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War on drugs has disproportionately hurt minorities
He's "not comfortable with legalizing marijuana. I've never smoked pot in my life," he said. "But I also don't think it makes sense to lock people up, to ruin their lives,
to waste millions of dollars for a small amount of drugs," he added, noting there must be a better approach than the "war on drugs" that has disproportionately hurt minorities.
Source: Inside Bay Area Buzz on 2014 California governor race
, Feb 21, 2014
No medical marijuana; due to pills, process, and quality
Gov. Cuomo announced that NY would embark on a plan to allow up to 20 hospitals to prescribe medical marijuana to patients suffering from cancer, glaucoma, and other serious conditions.Though Astorino believes "efforts to treat and comfort those
suffering from cancer and other diseases are to be encouraged," he reckons Cuomo went about instituting his policy undemocratically. "If the governor is serious about his medical marijuana proposal, it should be debated by state legislators; scrutinized
by medical & law enforcement professionals; and discussed by parents and civic leaders."
Astorino also questions the need for medical marijuana in the first place, asking, "Just what problem would the governor's proposal solve since physicians can
already prescribe to cancer patients Marinol, a pill form of the active substance in marijuana?" He also questions where the marijuana will come from, how its quality will be controlled, and the policy's impact on anti-drug education in schools.
Source: Westchester Magazine: 2014 New York State gubernatorial race
, Jan 1, 2014
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